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The Council cover art

The Council

Big Bad Wolf · Focus Entertainment · 2018-03-13

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AdventureRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 13, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 13, 2018 (Xbox One), Mar 13, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

Experience a Narrative Adventure where your choices and character growth truly matter. As a member of a 1793 secret society, live a tale of intrigue and manipulation on the hunt for your missing mother.

11
playing now
84%
positive of 5.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
6,548
twitch viewers (latest)
70/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (74 ratings)
17h
to beat · rushed 14h · completionist 13h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

The Council is a 2018 episodic interactive mystery graphic adventure video game developed by Big Bad Wolf and published by Focus Home Interactive. It was released in five episodes between March 13, 2018, and December 4, 2018.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 259 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~32/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-90%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2019-11-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.49 · on sale 0 of 2 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23523520182026Week of 2018-03-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2312026-08-06 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 16 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 19 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 15 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$0.002018-03-022026-08-302018-03-02 — best price $26.992018-03-13 — best price $29.992018-06-21 — best price $25.492018-07-05 — best price $29.992018-07-24 — best price $22.492018-07-26 — best price $29.992018-09-20 — best price $20.092018-09-24 — best price $29.992018-11-21 — best price $17.992018-11-27 — best price $29.992018-12-04 — best price $14.992018-12-06 — best price $29.992018-12-20 — best price $14.992019-01-03 — best price $29.992019-02-04 — best price $14.992019-02-11 — best price $29.992019-03-06 — best price $12.002019-03-08 — best price $29.992019-06-25 — best price $11.992019-07-09 — best price $29.992019-09-12 — best price $10.192019-09-16 — best price $29.992019-11-10 — best price $10.192019-11-12 — best price $29.992019-11-26 — best price $8.992019-12-03 — best price $29.992019-12-19 — best price $8.992020-01-02 — best price $29.992020-01-23 — best price $8.992020-01-27 — best price $29.992020-03-23 — best price $0.002026-08-29 — best price $1.492026-08-30 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

84242026-05-31 — 42 pageviews2026-06-03 — 40 pageviews2026-06-06 — 36 pageviews2026-06-09 — 60 pageviews2026-06-12 — 47 pageviews2026-06-15 — 63 pageviews2026-06-18 — 41 pageviews2026-06-21 — 84 pageviews2026-06-24 — 38 pageviews2026-06-27 — 32 pageviews2026-06-30 — 35 pageviews2026-07-03 — 45 pageviews2026-07-06 — 34 pageviews2026-07-09 — 42 pageviews2026-07-12 — 26 pageviews2026-07-15 — 28 pageviews2026-07-18 — 41 pageviews2026-07-21 — 41 pageviews2026-07-24 — 36 pageviews2026-07-27 — 43 pageviews2026-07-30 — 33 pageviews2026-08-02 — 46 pageviews2026-08-05 — 39 pageviews2026-08-08 — 53 pageviews2026-08-11 — 30 pageviews2026-08-14 — 29 pageviews2026-08-17 — 46 pageviews2026-08-20 — 42 pageviews2026-08-23 — 51 pageviews2026-08-26 — 57 pageviews2026-08-28 — 47 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
62.2%
earned "Fantastic pair"
24.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TV4 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)10,02831%44
Steam (Steam)7,6649%42

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGHorrorPuzzleMysteryEpisodicAdventureDetectiveHistoricalIlluminatiStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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